CVU Silver Member
Werner Sobek AG
About
Member Since: 1990
Member Offices: Berlin, Buenos Aires, Copenhagen, Dubai, Frankfurt am Main, Hamburg, Istanbul, New York City, Stuttgart, Vienna
Website: https://www.wernersobek.com
Werner Sobek is internationally synonymous with engineering, design, and sustainability. Our company is active across the globe and is home to more than 350 employees. Our staff originates from more than 40 countries and speaks just as many languages. We work on all kinds of structures and materials. We particularly pride ourselves on the sophisticated designs we develop for load-bearing structures, technical building services, and facades. Our aim is to create a built environment that is breathtakingly beautiful while also serving the interests of future generations. We want to make emissions-free structures for more people with less material by producing exceptional designs, innovative structural solutions, and holistic concepts that minimise our impact on the environment.
Werner Sobek collaborates with leading architectural practices such as Henn, Ingenhoven, Jahn, JSWD, Populous, Sauerbruch Hutton, Ole Scheeren, UNStudio, and Zaha Hadid Architects. We support architects, commissioning clients, contractors, and property developers at every stage of the construction process, ranging from the very first conceptual deliberations right through to execution planning and on-site quality assurance. Our interdisciplinary team also develops unique concepts that draw on our core competencies of engineering, design, and sustainability to create optimal, integrated solutions for a wide spectrum of structures, including specialist projects such as trade fair stands, smaller experimental buildings, and lightweight building envelopes and roofs.
Our company was founded in 1992 by Prof. Dr. Dr. E.h. Dr. h.c. Werner Sobek, the firm’s creative mastermind. He brings his considerable expertise to bear in his role as chairman of the organization’s supervisory board. Operational and strategic leadership is provided by the four members of our executive board. Like the vast majority of our management personnel, these executives have all been linked with the company for many years. It is crucial to us that our colleagues feel connected with their firm, so we give key personnel the opportunity to acquire shares in the company themselves. Werner Sobek is proud of being an independent, ‘people-owned’ organisation!
Fields of Expertise
Architecture
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Buildings
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RANK
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Name
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Status
Completed Architecturally Topped Out Structurally Topped Out Under Construction On Hold Proposed Vision Never Completed Demolished Competition Entry Canceled Proposed Renovation Under Renovation Renovated Under Demolition |
Height
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|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ADNOC Headquarters | 342 m / 1,122 ft | |
| 2 | Al Wasl Tower | 300.6 m / 986 ft | |
| 3 | Grand Tower | 283 m / 928 ft | |
| 4 | Four Seasons Hotel | 269.7 m / 885 ft | |
| 5 | Aufzugstestturm | 246 m / 807 ft | |
| 6 | FOUR Frankfurt 1 | 233 m / 764 ft | |
| 7 | DC Tower I | 220 m / 722 ft | |
| 8 | Shanghai Financial Exchange Plaza Tower 1 | 215 m / 705 ft | |
| 9 | Iset Tower | 209 m / 686 ft | |
| 10 | Southern Bosera Building | 208 m / 682 ft |
Associated companies
Werner Sobek Group GmbH (2020)
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RANK
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Name
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Completion
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Height
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Floors
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Function
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Doha Convention Center Tower | Doha | - |
551 m / 1,808 ft |
112 | Residential / Hotel |
| 2 | Dancing Dragon Tower 1 | Seoul | - |
446 m / 1,463 ft |
88 | Residential / Hotel / Office |
| 3 | Nanjing Olympic Suning Tower | Nanjing | 2025 |
420 m / 1,377 ft |
99 | Residential / Hotel / Office |
| 4 | Dancing Dragon Tower 2 | Seoul | - |
378 m / 1,240 ft |
77 | Office |
| 5 | ADNOC Headquarters | Abu Dhabi | 2015 |
342 m / 1,122 ft |
65 | Office |
| 6 | Al Wasl Tower | Dubai | 2023 |
301 m / 986 ft |
64 | Residential / Hotel / Office |
| 7 | Grand Tower | Moscow | 2023 |
283 m / 928 ft |
62 | Office |
| 8 | Four Seasons Hotel | Manama | 2015 |
270 m / 885 ft |
50 | Hotel |
| 9 | Aufzugstestturm | Rottweil | 2017 |
246 m / 807 ft |
N/A | Observation / Industrial |
| 10 | FOUR Frankfurt 1 | Frankfurt am Main | 2023 |
233 m / 764 ft |
59 | Hotel / Office |
| 11 | Victory Tower 1 | Kyiv | - |
229 m / 751 ft |
55 | Office |
| 12 | DC Tower I | Vienna | 2013 |
220 m / 722 ft |
60 | Residential / Office / Hotel |
| 13 | Shanghai Financial Exchange Plaza Tower 1 | Shanghai | 2020 |
215 m / 705 ft |
32 | Office |
| 14 | Iset Tower | Yekaterinburg | 2015 |
209 m / 686 ft |
52 | Residential |
| 15 | Southern Bosera Building | Shenzhen | 2018 |
208 m / 682 ft |
42 | Office |
| 16 | Japan Post Tower | Tokyo | 2012 |
200 m / 656 ft |
40 | Office |
| 17 | Shanghai Financial Exchange Plaza Tower 2 | Shanghai | 2020 |
195 m / 640 ft |
31 | Office |
| 18 | Flame Tower 1 | Baku | 2013 |
182 m / 596 ft |
39 | Residential |
| 19 | FOUR Frankfurt 2 | Frankfurt am Main | 2023 |
172 m / 564 ft |
50 | Residential |
| 20 | Ministry of Taxes | Baku | 2021 |
168 m / 552 ft |
32 | Government |
| 21 | Cosmopolitan Twarda 2/4 | Warsaw | 2014 |
165 m / 543 ft |
45 | Residential |
| 22 | Flame Tower 2 | Baku | 2013 |
165 m / 540 ft |
36 | Serviced Apartments / Hotel |
| 23 | Post Turm | Bonn | 2002 |
162 m / 533 ft |
42 | Office |
| 24 | Flame Tower 3 | Baku | 2013 |
161 m / 528 ft |
28 | Office |
| 25 | Dubai Frame | Dubai | 2018 |
153 m / 501 ft |
3 | Observation |
| 26 | Shanghai Financial Exchange Plaza Tower 3 | Shanghai | 2020 |
152 m / 499 ft |
20 | Office |
| 27 | One Forty West | Frankfurt am Main | 2020 |
145 m / 476 ft |
40 | Residential / Hotel |
| 28 | 600 North Fairbanks | Chicago | 2008 |
140 m / 458 ft |
41 | Residential |
| 29 | Highlight I | Munich | 2004 |
126 m / 413 ft |
33 | Office |
| 30 | FOUR Frankfurt 3 | Frankfurt am Main | 2023 |
120 m / 394 ft |
33 | Residential |
| 31 | Highlight II | Munich | 2004 |
113 m / 371 ft |
28 | Office |
| 32 | GEWA Tower | Fellbach | 2021 |
107 m / 351 ft |
34 | Residential / Hotel |
| 33 | FOUR Frankfurt 4 | Frankfurt am Main | 2023 |
100 m / 328 ft |
25 | Office |
| 34 | ADAC Headquarters | Munich | 2012 |
93 m / 305 ft |
23 | Office |
| 35 | Torre Interbank | Lima | 2000 |
88 m / 289 ft |
20 | Office |
| 36 | OSRAM Lighthouse | Munich | 2010 |
84 m / 276 ft |
23 | Office |
| 37 | SIGN Dusseldorf | Düsseldorf | 2010 |
75 m / 247 ft |
19 | Office |
| 38 | Hegau Tower | Singen | 2008 |
68 m / 221 ft |
18 | Office |
| 39 | KfW Westarkade | Frankfurt am Main | 2010 |
56 m / 184 ft |
14 | Office |
| 40 | Mercury Towers | Saint Julian's | 2022 |
- |
35 | Hotel / Residential |
| 41 | KoolKiel Hotel Tower | Kiel | - |
- |
20 | Hotel |
| 42 | KoolKiel Office Tower | Kiel | - |
- |
13 | Hotel |
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